Political Quotes

“I thank Congressman Garcia for his words. He is absolutely right. The rent is too damn high. With skyrocketing inflation and increasing rents, tenants are often finding themselves in a vicious cycle of being rent burdened and vulnerable to unfair housing prices. While the Fair Housing Act and other nondiscrimination work is critically important, we know most incidents of housing discrimination go undetected or they go unreported. Marginalized communities, especially nonnative English speakers, new arrivals, immigrants, Black and Brown people, can be afraid to speak out against unfair discriminatory housing policies because they fear retaliation. That is why the protection of tenant unions and tenant organizing rights are critical. Every tenant should be able to use their voice to address the concerns they have regarding their housing situation. This is why I was proud to lead my friends and colleagues, Representatives Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Jimmy Gomez, and Greg Casar, in the introduction of the Tenants' Right to Organize Act, a historic measure that protects and expands the community power, changing the landscape of housing for everyone. This is what it will do. It protects the organizing rights of tenants with housing vouchers and tenants living in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit properties and expands protections to mixed-status families and those who may not be eligible for tenant-based rental assistance.…”